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Death In The City Of Light
David King
Hachette Digital
ISBN : 9781847445483
DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT is the true story of the hunt for Marcel Petiot, a respectable physician by day, who turned out to be a brutal serial killer by night in Nazi-occupied Paris. Petiot was charged with 27 grisly murders, though his victims - ...
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Unmentionables
Ralph Keyes
John Murray
ISBN : 9781848545496
We say a lot about ourselves by what we don't say. Words and phrases like 'collateral damage', 'wardrobe malfunction', 'vertically challenged', and old favourites like 'unmentionables' (trousers, apparently) or 'lady of the night' - all are ways of ...
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The Rise And Fall Of Modern Medicine
James Le Fanu
Hachette Digital
ISBN : 9780349123752
The medical achievements of the post-war years rank as one of the supreme epochs of human endeavour. Advances in surgical technique, new ideas about the nature of disease and huge innovations in drug manufacture vanquished most common causes of ...
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On Secret Service East of Constantinople
Peter Hopkirk
John Murray
ISBN : 9780719564512
Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the British in India and the Russians in Central Asia. It was a ...
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SAS Operation Storm - Nine men against four hundred
Roger Cole
Hodder
ISBN : 9781444726954
OPERATION STORM is the inside story - told by those who took part - of the greatest secret war in SAS history. The tipping point, Mirbat, South Oman, 19 July 1972 is one of the least-known yet most crucial battles of modern times. If the SAS had ...
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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
Peter Hopkirk
John Murray
ISBN : 9780719564482
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving ...
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Constantinople
Philip Mansel
John Murray
ISBN : 9780719568800
Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital of Constantinople - the city of the world's desire - and its ruling family. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered ...
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The First London Olympics: 1908
Rebecca Jenkins
Hachette Digital
ISBN : 9780749951689
In the summer that saw the first successful flight of the Zeppelin, a 140 acre site of scrubland in West London was transformed into the White City, which housed the 1908 Franco British Exhibition - and a state-of-the-art stadium built to house the ...
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Great Tales From English History
Robert Lacey
Hachette Digital
ISBN : 9780349117317
From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion - a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Now, in ...
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The War For All The Oceans
Roy Adkins
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Lesley Adkins
Hachette Digital
ISBN : 9780349119168
As France emerged from revolution, a young general named Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt, hoping next to march overland to India. It would not happen. Britain swung her forces into action to battle for control of the world's sea-lanes and thus all ...
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